Posts by JohnR

Quote: Originally Posted by Squeezil  I have a 10" Victorinox Fibrox Chef's Knife and have nothing but love for it. I cut through a butternut squash yesterday with it and without even touching it up cut up a salad...

"I'm pretty sure my grip is fine on the fibrox. My middle finger is wrapped around the thinner section of the handle before the handle expands to meet the heel of the blade, with my thumb and fore finger pinching the blade. The only...

BDL, I may be off base here but by finger guard I am referring to the part of the handle (plastic handle knives) near the blade that protrudes down.   Victorinox   Dexter Russell   With a Chef's knife and...

My hands are more medium sized. Do you use a Pinch Grip ? if you do, that plastic handle finger guard (on the 8 in. knife) does not allow enough clearance for the fingers. See the pic in post 11 in the link. There is ample clearance of...

"I'm currently learning my knife skills, and currently using a 8" Victorinox Forschner with a Fibrox handle that I like the grip but it feels scratchy to me."   I don't think that's a good knife to learn with. I find with...

"Where are the knives made? Do you know who makes them?"   Update International   Distributed in LA and New Jersey. The area rep number  in SoCal is (800) 747-7124.   I'm driving by a...

Some similar...

I have the Paring knife (forged line) and the serrated bread knife (plastic handle line). Those descriptions are printed on each blade.   specific descriptions are: DIN4110 German High Carbon...

Update International has a line of forged knives that look OK and don't have that thick bolster to get in the way of sharpening. The steel material is the same or similar as most German/Euro knives. The plastic handle line is...

Keep in mind US and JIS grit sizes differ.   I started with stones>belt sander>back to stones.   I have mostly Euro quality knives and one VG-10 knife. The VG-10 is a Petty which I don't use much so my kit is...